The following excerpt is from Lopez v. Decker, 978 F.3d 842 (2nd Cir. 2020):
proof "serves to allocate the risk of error between the litigants" and must reflect the "relative importance attached to the ultimate decision." Addington v. Texas , 441 U.S. 418, 423, 99 S.Ct. 1804, 60 L.Ed.2d 323 (1979).
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